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Ray Fisher ignites the screen as Lymon, the best friend of lead character Boy Willie Charles, played by John David Washington, in Netflix's period drama "The Piano Lesson." His portrayal has even sparked some early Oscar buzz. Fisher's last few years have been challenging following his public dispute with "Justice League" director Joss Whedon and former DC Films president Walter Hamada.
But this project offers Fisher a chance to move forward. "What helped this entire process is, I've got to give it up to August Wilson," Fisher said during an interview at the Variety Studio, sponsored by J.Crew and SharkNinja, at the Toronto International Film Festival.
"The juxtaposition that existed within the piece, within the character. I think there's a little of Lymon Jackson in all of us. There's an innocence about him in this piece that many lose as time passes, especially when you endure such hardship.
For me, it was a palate cleanser in many ways because I've endured specific hardships in my life and some career hardships. Being able to come back into this space and say, 'I don't want to get hung up on this. I don't want to feel resentful for anything that happened.
' I want to move on, and that's what Lymon represents." Read: You can see all Academy Award predictions in all 23 categories on one page on the Variety Awards Circuit: Oscars Based on Wilson's 1987 play of the same name, "The Piano Lesson" follows the Charles family in..
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